gaau1 seoi2 fai3交水費交水费
Jyutpinggaau1 seoi2 fai3
Yalegāau séui fai
Definition
To pay the water bill.
colloquialmoneydaily actions
How it's used
Paying utility bills in Hong Kong is often done at convenience stores like 7-Eleven or Circle K, which makes 交水費 a very common phrase in daily life. While the government issues the bill, the action of paying is usually referred to simply as 交, followed by the specific utility like 電費 or 煤氣費.
Examples
Have you remembered to pay the water bill yet?
I went to the convenience store to pay the water bill today.
Related words
Common phrases
late payment of water bill
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
